Ebook {Epub PDF} Dont Call Me Inspirational: A Disabled Feminist Talks Back by Harilyn Rousso

Don't Call Me Inspirational is a frank, forthright, and insightful memoir by the feminist disability activist, painter, psychotherapist, and former New York City Human Rights Commissioner Harilyn Rousso. From her perspective as a lifelong New Yorker born in the late s, Rousso explores sexuality and other aspects of embodiment, critiques normalcy as a useful or valid standard, and suggests how identity Author: Abby Wilkerson.  · Harilyn Rousso, Don't call me inspirational: A disabled feminist talks back. Temple University Press: Philadelphia, USA. ; pp. ISBN Author: Catherine Willson. Don't Call me inspirational: A disabled feminist talks back Rousso's memoir is a series of essays that explore topics like her childhood, her experiences as a woman, her experiences as a disabled woman, and her struggles and experiences with her body.

Don't Call Me Inspirational is irresistible to read, honest, insightful and universal."-Gloria Steinem "Don't Call Me Inspirational is stunning, a pleasure to read. Rousso's outstanding book is both a beautifully written memoir about growing up in the s and a critical historical analysis of disability politics. Don't Call Me Inspirational: A Disabled Feminist Talks Back|Harilyn Rousso, The Kettle: The Melting Pot Genealogical Society (Volume 37)|Erdmann, Effective Biblical Counselling|Lawrence J. Crabb, Low Back Pain: Clinical Diagnosis And Management|Leonard P. Seimon. Watch a video of Harilyn Rousso, author of Don't Call Me Inspirational, reading from her book at the Mid-Manhattan Library. For psychotherapist, painter, feminist, filmmaker, writer, and disability activist Harilyn Rousso, hearing well-intentioned people tell her, "You're so inspirational!" is patronizing, not complimentary.

Despite her sometimes troubling emphasis on traditional “independence,” however, Rousso has created a multifaceted, well-written, and decidedly nontraditional work with Don’t Call Me Inspirational. Harilyn Rousso, Don't call me inspirational: A disabled feminist talks back. Temple University Press: Philadelphia, USA. ; pp. ISBN Don't Call Me Inspirational: A Disabled Feminist Talks Back is the title of her new memoir, just released by Temple University Press. Harilyn's book is a collage of themed recollections conveyed in fresh, funny, and moving essays and poems.